Crist: The great distaffers..

[Smooth Operator]

Originally Posted by rgustafson

I do think, however, we need to put her "beat males" achievment in perspective. That race was the Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. It was a three horse field and it was basically a match race between her and Gulch who had only one win from seven tries at 1 1/8 miles albeit against top company. The third horse in the field? King's Swan.

Clearly some impressive mares on Crist's list … but there's always a tendency to over-glorify some of the achievements of past runners.